The Hispaniolan Solenodon is an ancient venomous mammal, and virtually nothing is known about its venom. To search for clues, Laura gathered local ecological knowledge on the symptoms of village dogs envenomated by solenodons in the Dominican Republic, and Alexis is using this data as the foundation for scientific studies of the venom. (Read more)

Global Scientsts Call for Action on Climate Change

May 23, 2013

"Responding to a challenge by California Gov. Jerry Brown, more than 500 of the world’s top global change scientists have outlined the main environmental issues – from climate change to pollution and population growth – that policy makers must address immediately to avoid an approaching global tipping point". (Read more: 1, 2, 3, 4)

The Galapagos. Every biologist knows about it, dreams about it. It is a sacred site to multiple disciplines, functioning as Jerusalem does to Christians, Jews, and Muslims. It was here where observations of biodiversity lead to the most important work in evolutionary biology (... more)